The Moon’s dusty companions
Jan 02, 2019
2 minutes
FRED WATSON is Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD of the Lagrange Points? If you’re a regular reader of Australian Geographic, you may have (see AG 91). But it’s usually only astronomers and mathematicians who are familiar with Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813) and the imaginary dots in space that bear his name.
The Lagrange Points are five positions around an orbiting body
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